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RESULTS IN TAXIDERMY 


Illustrated by 140 Half-tone IReproductions from Photographs of 

Specimens Mounted 1867 to 1905 


EDITED BY FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER 


Published by Sarah Sbavv Webster 


THE MARSH PRESS 

Boston. Mass. 




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LIBRARY of CONGRESS 

One Copy Received 

JAN 20 1906 

£3T/7' < 

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COPY B. 


Copyright 1905 

by 

Sarah S. Webster. 




1 


FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER-1905 
Treasurer and Manager. 




INDEX TO PLATES 


1 F. B. Webster, 1905 

2 Frontispiece 

3 F. B. Webster, 1890 

4 First Building 

5 F. B. Webster Co.’s Works 

6 Office 

7 First Workroom 

8 Curio Room 

9 Museum Interior 

10 Museum Interior 

11 Museum Interior 

12 Museum Interior 

13 Museum Interior 

14 Work Shop, Deer Season 

15 Work Shop, Moose Season 

16 Work Shop, Shark 

17 Workshop, Ostrich Manikin 

18 Grebe, Loon, Shearwaters 

19 Loons, Gannet, Limpkin 

20 Gulls, Shearwaters 

21 Pelican, Fox, Rabbits 

22 Wood Ibis, Ptarmigan 

23 Swans, Mur res 

24 Cormorants, Petrels 

25 Ducks 

26 Ducks, Dead Game 

27 Crane, Ibis, Rail 

28 Heron, Mink 

29 Gull, Tern, Ptarmigan 

30 Shore Birds 

31 Game Birds 

32 Vulture, Raven 

33 Hawks 

34 Owls 

35 Owls 

36 King Fisher, Flicker 

37 Song Birds 

38 Song Birds 

39 Birds and Nests 

40 King Penguin 

41 King Penguin 

42 Crane, Toucan 

43 Eagle 

44 Flamingos 

45 Snowy Owl 

46 Shearwater 


47 Shearwater 

48 Golden Eagle 

49 Ring-necks 

50 Chuckwills 

51 Ruffed Grouse 

52 Pair of Ibis 

53 Osprey 

54 Pair of Spoonbills 

55 Night Heron 

56 Labrador Duck 

57 Hen and Chicks 

58 Lesser Prairie Hen 

59 Snowy Heron 

60 Ruffed Grouse 

61 Prairie Chicken 

62 Skins of Heath Hen 

63 Fox, Martin, Fowl 

64 Man-o’-War, Monkeys 

65 Monkeys from Life 

66 Monkeys from Life 

67 Tree of Monkeys 

68 Monkey Sign 

69 Deer Head, Front 

70 Deer Head, Turned 

71 Deer Head, Straight 

72 Deer Head, Curved 

73 Moose Head 

74 Moose Head 

75 Moose Head 

76 Moose Head 

77 Elk Head 

78 Elk Head 

79 Caribou Head 

80 Caribou Head 

81 Mountain Sheep 

82 Oryx Head 

83 Coyotte Head 

84 Antelope Head 

85 Wolf Head 

86 Bison Head 

87 Tiger Head 

88 Wild Cat Head 

89 Fox, Skunk, Opossum 

90 Squirrels 

91 Pair of Fox Squirrels 

92 Albino Squirrel 



93 

Coyotte 

127 

94 

Woodchuck 

128 

95 

Jack Rabbit 

129 

96 

Coati 

130 

97 

Rabbits 

131 

98 

Wood Fox 

132 

99 

Foxes 

1 33 

100 

Lamb 

134 

IOI 

Mountain Goat 

J 35 

102 

Wild Cat 

136 

103 

Wild Cat 

J 37 

104 

Leopard 

138 

105 

Wild Cat and Quail 

139 

106 

Bear 

140 

107 

Bison 

141 

108 

Deer 

142 

109 

Albino Fawn 

143 

IIO 

Mountain Sheep 

144 

III 

Blue Bear 

145 

I 12 

Polar Bear Head 

146 

113 

Bears and Wolf 

147 

114 

Inland Polar 

148 

115 

Opossum 

149 

Il6 

Monkey and Pig 

x 5° 

117 

Large Bear Mat 

151 

Il8 

Wild Cat Rug 

15 2 

119 

Fox Rug 

T 53 

120 

Lioness Rug 

x 54 

121 

Herd of Tortoise 

155 

122 

Cast of Tortoise 

158 

123 

Reptiles and Fish 

157 

124 

Python 

x 58 

125 

126 

Python 

Python 

159 


Lizards 

Turtle 

Iguana 

Alligators 

Fish 

75 lb. Codfish 

Cat and Chickens 

Grey Hound Head 

Cow 

Cow 

Dragon 

Cast of Auk’s Egg 

Silhouettes 

Silhouettes 

Eye Sizes—Diagram 

Boston’s Leading Bird Store 

Scientific Form of Bird Skin 

Riker’s Specimen Mount 

Riker’s Botanical Mount 

Humming Bird’s Nest 

Scientific Collection of Hawks’ Eggs 

Deer Head. Hat Rack 

Bear Head 

Shield 

Shield 

Deer Head and Gun Rack 

Shield 

Shield 

Shield 

Shield 

Deer Head and Gun Rack 
Moose Head. 

Finished 


Practically all Work Represented Executed by George E. Browne, 44 years’ experience 
Frank B. Webster, 38 5'ears’ experience ; Walter R. Zappey, 9 years’ experience. 

Exceptions credited under plates. 



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2 . Illustrated by 140 Half Tone reproductions of Photographs taken from 
specimens mounted, 1867 to 1905, and other illustrations. 

Indited by brank Blake Webster. Published by Sarah Shaw "Webster. 

Selling Agents: Frank Blake Webster Co., Hyde Park, Mass., U. S. A. 

Half Tones by B. H. Aznive, 

Boston, Mass. 















In presenting this work it is best to give a brief sketch regarding a business that has been 
established, a few results of which, under the head of the Taxidermist Department, are illustrated 
on the following pages. 

In the Ornithologist and Oologist, Vol. 15 , No. 11, 1890 , we find the following: 


Natural History Business. 


Perhaps one of the most alluring branches of 
industry is the one known under the above 
title. Dating back to the time Adam secured 
his first specimen “ Eve ” to the present day it 
has been carried on more or less by mankind in 
every clime. The vastness of the field, with its 
various branches, offer every facility to meet 
the taste of all. The man who ignores anthro- 


“ biting ” flea. Some pursue the",calling as a 
study, some as a pastime, while others turn to 
it under the exacting law, “By the sweat of 
thy brow.” To the man who by the smile of 
fortune can combine study and pleasure, it 
offers a continual pleasure, while to him who 
follows it as a business the extent and variety 
are the rocks that court financial shipwreck. 

The vast numbers scattered over the country 
who are engaged in making private collections, 



3 . FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER, 1890. 


pology bows in reverence to conchology. He 
who would travel miles to worship at the 
shrine of herpetology scorns ornithology, while 
the magnate who looks in utter amazement at 
the toil of the entomologist, strips off his rai¬ 
ment and with the energy of youth collects the 


and who by the routine of life are confined to a 
locality, must look to others for assistance 
and procure specimens from other localities 
either by purchase or exchange. 

This is often done by direct communication 
between collectors, but as a rule will be found 













to require a great deal of time and patience and 
liability to be tinted with disappointment. It 
was to meet a demand for centralization of 
exchange that stimulated the writer to estab¬ 
lish a Naturalists' Supply Depot. In the year 
1867 , with a view to the enterprise, the depart¬ 
ment of taxidermy was taken up as a study. 
Night after night in the “ wee, small hours," 
familiarity with the scalpel and stuffers was 
courted, and oology flirted with. After seven 
years’ apprenticeship, in 1874 , special attention 
was given to the working materials required, 
plans promulgated, and the following year the 
Naturalists' Supply Depot was established, and 


and the business turned to Pawtucket, a rapid 
development followed and the following year it 
was deemed expedient for the writer to devote 
his entire time to it. At this time Aldrich & 
Capen, Boston taxidermists, offered the sale of 
their business, stock, trade and good will, 
which was accepted and the business continued 
in both cities under the name of Ellis & Webster. 
For over a year this continued, involving the 
daily travel of about 100 miles. At the close 
the Pawtucket business was turned once more 
to Boston, the writer buying out the inter¬ 
est of A. L. Ellis (since deceased), it soon 
became evident that more room was required? 





PRESE.I 


WEBSTER'S 

s' Supply Depot. 

> & Marine Curios 


■ FRANK BLAKE ■' 

museum&Uaturalists 

animals. Birbs. Eggs. Land 


ANIMALS.I 
ssl/O FFi c e 


As seen from the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., Providence Division, at the Hazelwood Station, Hyde Park, Mass. 
Hyde Park joins the City of Boston and is 7 miles from the Boston stations of the above-named railroad and the 
New York and New England Railroad. Over one hundred trains per day afford aceess between the two points. 


the first catalogue issued under the name of 
A. L. Ellis & Co., Pawtucket, R. I., the writer's 
business interest at the time not warranting 
the use of bis name. The business was pushed 
with energy, evenings alone being devoted to 
it. In 1883 , Wm. J. Knowlton, successor to 
Brew r ster & Knowlton, an old, well known 
Boston firm, wishing to devote his attention to 
precious stones, offered the sale of his stock 
and trade in all departments except the one 
above named. The trade was consummated 


and after much deliberation Hyde Park, seven 
miles out of Boston, was selected. A site was 
secured at the Hazelwood station (Hyde Park) 
on the Bostou & Providence Division, Old Col¬ 
ony Railroad, a twenty minutes’ ride from 
lioston, trains running at all hours. During 
the summer the first of a series of buildings 
that will follow, if the demand requires it, was 
erected. The museum building, an engraving 
of which is given, faces the railroad, and from 
the thousands of curious faces that peer from 







































































the continually passing trains, evidently is a 
prominent feature in the locality. The upper 
part is one entire room, in which is stored 
specimens from all parts of the land, mam¬ 
mals, birds, heads, laud and marine curios, 
mats, robes, horns, antlers, eggs, nests and 
everything that comes under the head of nat¬ 
ural history specimens. These are selected 
with the greatest care from the offers that 
come in from collectors, and the}’ embrace such 
as are required by the scientific and amateur, 
for the museum and school, the office and the 
drawing room—continually changing, arriving 
and being shipped. At present it is open only 
to patrons, but arrangements are being made | 
to open it another year to the public. The 
lower portion is now used as workrooms, office 
and supply room. Every facility for carrying 
on exchanges and sales is being developed. To 
bring the enterprise to its present state has 


required constant and unceasing labor. At 
times some depaitments have been neglected 
to throw life into others ; but such is only 
temporary. 

Not the least as a crowning effort has been 
the publication of “ The Ornithologist and 
Oologist,” a magazine today second to none of 
its nature, made so by the united efforts of 
those whose names appear on its pages k a com¬ 
mon ground on which we all meet. 

Believing that friendship and familiarity are 
important features conducive to the success of 
the business I am induced to offer to my patrons 
the above sketch that they may understand 
what has been mv aim. With thanks for the 
kind support in the past, I hand you my new 
lists. 

Frank B. Webster. 

Hyde Park. Mass. 


Fifteen years have passed since the above 
was written, and the business continues. Sev¬ 
eral buildings have been added to the plant, 
in order to coutain the many specimens now 
necessary to carry in stock. From the com¬ 
mencement of the writer's interest in the work, 
an effort has been made to secure photographs 
of the most interesting specimens that have 
passed through his hands, resulting in a series 
that have reached the thousand mark. In a 
majority of cases, unfortunate circumstances, 
and lack of expert services in early days reli¬ 
ef red many valuable plates unfit for reproduc¬ 
tion, but from the collection have been selected 
such as will cover the work done by the aver¬ 
age Taxidermist. 

It has been apparent for a long time that 
there is a demand from Amateur Taxidermists 


for an illustrated work that will assist them in 
the Study by showing “as they call it” posi¬ 
tions. We believe that professionals will be 
interested to kuow what their fellow craft are 
accomplishing. That Sportsmen will find it of 
service when having trophies preserved and 
that the Students of Nature and the Boys by 
the illustrations will receive familiar impres¬ 
sions that will advance their knowledge. 

It would be presumptuous to herald the 
work represented as being perfection.* It is 
merely to show good w r ork, done quickly in 
order that the price can be made within the 
reach of the average lover of nature. 

Frank Bi.ake Webster. 

Hyde Park, Mass. 

Nov. 15. 1905. 


* The majority of the specimens are on rough stands, and are unfinished awaiting a requisite final touch. 








5 . Frank Blake Webster Co.’s Grounds from the Rail Road Bridge—1905. 

“ Hazelwood Station. ” 















6 . 


Office. Frank Ellis Webster, Secretary. 
Showing cast of Mod's Egg. 










My First Wook Room—Pawtucket, R. I.—1867. 






















Curio Room—F, B. Webster Co.’s Museum. 











Section F. B. Webster Co.’s Museum. 

















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J^ocky Mountain Goat and Bald Eagles. 










Section, F. B. Webster Co.’s Museum. 
















Section F. B. Webster Co.’s Museum. 

























13 . 


Section F. B. Webster Co.’s Museum. 
Newfoundland Caribou and Heads. 






. Webster Co.’s Workshop—Deer Season. 





B. Webster Co.’s Workshop—Moose Season. 









1600 lb. Greenland Shark in Workshop. 
Mounted by F. />. Webster and assistants. 














Body of and Manikin for a large Ostrich. 
The Manikin is ready to cover over with Clay. 







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Name 

























19 


Iyoons, Gannet, Lumpkin and Ducks 














20 


Gulls, Shearwaters and Terns 











21 . Loons, Pelicans, Goose, Tern, Ibis, Guillemot, Arctic 

Fox and Rabbits. 
















22. Gannet, Gulls, Goose, Wood Ibis, Ptarmigan, Owl, Weasels 











Loons, Swans, Grebes, Puffins, Murres, Dovekies. 


23 












24 


Gannet, Geese, Cormorants, Petrels and Ducks 






























25 


Ducks 



























26. Dead Game for Walls of Dining Rooms and Restaurants 








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27 . 


Crane, Wood Ibis, Limpkin, Bittern, Herons, 
Gallinules, and Coot. 





















28. Great Blue and Ward’s Heron, Young Rhea, Road Runner 

Mink and Muskrat. 

















29 


Gulls, Tern, Plover and Ptarmigan 








Shore Birds, [Plover, Curlew and Sandpipers.] 





















31 


Game Birds [Grouse, Quail and Woodcock.] 
























32 


Vulture, Raven, Crows, Eagle and Hawks 


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33 


Hawks. 
























34 


Owls. 















35 


Owls 














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Kingfisher, Flicker, Jay, Waxwings, etc. 

























Song Birds. 










Song Birds. 






















39. Finished Work, Birds and Nests. 










40 


King Penguin, Side and Front 


41 















42. Whooping Crane, Toucan and Kingfisher 







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43. My First Eagle— 1867 . 










44 . 


American Flamingoes and Nest 









46. Sooty Shearwater. 
Regular Plumage. 


47. Sooty Shearwater. 
Albino. 



















48. Golden Eagle. By Forbush. 1880 . 



49 


Ring Necks under Glass 



































































51 


Ruffed Grouse and Young. 

















A pair of Ibis. By James T. Clark [deceased.] 
Mounted while with F. B. Webster Co. 












53 . 


Osprey—Fish-hawk 





















55 . 


Black-crowned Night Heron. 






56. Labrador Duck—Young Male. 

Sold in N. Y. market , early 6o’sfor 25 cents.—John Bell 
stuffed and sold it for $3.50.—Next purchased by Gordon 
Plummer for $30.—Sold in England for £100.—Now 
worth $2,000.—Present owner, Hon. Waite? Rothschild. 
—Remodelled by F. B. Webster. 











57. Hen and Chickens. 



58 


A Pair of Lesser Prairie Chickens 







59 


Snowy Heron —[Screen xvork.~\ 













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60 


Ruffed Grouse. 

King Game Bird of our Eastern Woods 







61 . Pinnated Grouse—Prairie Chicken. 




62 . 


Scientific Skins. 

A Senes of Heath Hens. 















63 


Fox, Martin, Muskrat and Barnyard Fowls. 

Owl Screen. 



















64. 


Man-o’-War, Herons, Ibes, Spoonbill, Alligators. 
Introducing the Monk , 




















65. The Morning Walk. 



66 . “ By gosh , they snapped us. ” 













67. A Tree Full of Monkeys. 

Mounted for Biitish Guiana Museum and exhibited at 
Chicago by Mr. Quelch. 



















68 


A Monkey Advertisement 











69. Deer, looking front. 



70. 


Deer, looking to right. 







71. Deer, straight neck. 



72 


Deer, curved neck. 








73 


Moose, looking straight front. 
By George E. Browne. 









74 


Moose, looking down 






75 


Moose, long neck, looking to left and up 
By Carl E. Garris. 












76. Moose. 



77 


Elk—Wapiti 









78. Elk—Wapiti. 

By George E. Browne. 










79 


Caribou 








80 


Caribou. 









81 


Rocky Mountain Sheep 






82 


Oryx, by Walter R. Rappey 





83. Coyotte. 



84 


American Antelope 






















85. Wolf. 



S6. Bison—American Buffalo. 







87. Royal Tiger. 



88 


Wild Cat—Bob Cat. 
Walter Lappcy. 





89 


Foxes, Skunk, Opossum, Weasel, etc. 























90. Squirrels. 

Many are so/d about Thanksgiving time for window display. 























,91 


Fox Squirrels —1880 





92. 


Gray Squirrel—Pure White Albino. 










93. Coyotte, howling. 



94. Woodchuck. — '‘Good Morning . ” 










95. Jack Rabbit—1886. 



96 


Coati, Paradoxurus 

















97 


Rabbits. 

A quickly arranged window decoration. — 1 S 92 










Wood Fox from Wisconsin 













99. Common Red Fox and Young. 

So/d to C. L. Raw son, Norwich , Conn. 
















100. Eight Legged Lamb. 
From Rockport , Maine. 



101 


Rocky Mountain Goat—Kid. 

















102 


Wild Cat—Bob Cat —1888 












103. Bob Cat—Wild Cat. 



104 


Leopard. 

By Walter R. Zappey. 














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105 . Bob Cat and Quail. “ The Surprise." 1886. 

A t 07 L' in Collection of C. L. Raw son ^ Norwich , Conn. 









106. A Card Receiver. 

Photograph from a friendly 
taxidermist. 






107. Buffalo Cow. 

At F. B. Webster Co.'s , by /. 11 . Critehley . 











;.-108 Young Deer. 

Shot in Maine woods and mounted by Walter R. Zappey. 








109 


Albino Fawn from Oregon. 






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110 


Rock}* Mountain Sheep. 
By George E. Browne. 












111. Cub of Blue Bear 

Front Mount St. Elias District (very rare ) 



112 


Polar Bear 









113, Black and Grizzly Bear and Wolf. 

Stuffed for a prominent city store for Christmas tableau. The zvolf has 
served many times in “ Red Riding Hood ” scenes. 











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114 . New Inland Polar Bear. 

Shin purchased personally by /'. B. Webster when in B. IV. Ter 
igor. Mounted by Walter R. Zappey. Shipped to 
Hon. Walter Rothschild, London. 















115. Opossum—Australian. 



116 


Monkey and Razor Back. 

A trade scheme to catch the eye of passers-by. 











117 


A Large Polar Bear 
By F. B. Webster. 










































118 


Open Mouth Wild Cat Rug. 
By F. B . Webster. 







119 


Open Mouth Fox Rug 
By F. B. Webster. 





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122. Shell and Cast—which is which? 

During the time that ovet 120 valuable specimens 
of the Galapagos Tortoise were passing 
through our hands at Hyde Park, 
many casts were made. 










123 


Reptiles and Fish. 






















124 


Fifteen Foot Python— 1883 . 

By F. B. Webster. 

Now in Crane Museum , Pittsfield , Mass. 














125. Python—South America. 



126 


Python. 

By Walter R. Zappey 





























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127. Heloderma-liorrida, Mexico and Central America. 

By George Nelson. 










129 


Marine Iguana—Galapagos. 

By Walter R. Zappey. 

Now in Museum of Comparative Zoology , Cambridge , Mass 





Alligators by the whole gang, including the office boy. 









132. 75 lb. Codfish. 

Used by ]aynes & Co. to advertise their Norwegian Cod Liver Oil. 

By Walter R. Zappey. 





133. Cat and Chickens. 

Used as a Trade Mark by Lew and o' s French Dyeing and Cleansing 
Co., Boston. Original by F. B. Webster — 1886. 




Rex, my pet Greyhound. 


134 




135 Filling the Tank. 

C°7c stuffed with a tank to hold refreshing drinks , ordered for a shore tesort in Maine. 

By Browne and Webster. 

(B. B. Webster filled the tank.) 







































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6 . Testing Before Shipping. 

Results of the Concoctions being carefully noted upon the natives of Hyde Parle, before using in Maine. 

















137. go Foot Dragon (weighing about ioo lbs.) for 4 th of July celebration at Hyde Park, 1903 . 

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139 . Silhouettes suggest hints for positions. Over 100,000 of them, hand cut by 
F. B. Webster, have been mailed to customers. Above was 
photographed from some of them. 



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Silhouettes. 





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141 . 


Old Popular Full Sized Eye Gauge. 










MUSEUM 

AND 

NATURALISTS' SUPPLY DEPOT. 


Dealers in 

All goods required by cNatarallsts and Taxidermists. 

GLASS EYES. 

We have been engaged many years in mounting all kinds of specimens, 
using supplies, tools, etc. We have far better knowledge as to the eye that is 
required and give better satisfaction than any manufacturer. To supply the 
demand one must know how to use the goods offered. 

MOUNTED SPECIMENS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS 

for Museums, Colleges, Schools and Private Collections. 

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Corals, Sponges, Crabs, Fish, Urchins, etc. 

PAPIER MACHE HEADS ARTIFICIAL STANDS 

RUG WORK 

Special attention to order work in this line. 

TAXIDERMY. 

• Any specimen sent to us to be preserved will have our careful attention. 
Complete Catalogue mailed for io cents 

FRANK BLAKE WEB5TER CO., 


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u A Correct Form for Scfentific Bird Skins. ” 


143. 

SCIENTIFIC BIRD SKINS 

-for- 

Museums, Schools and Private 
Collections 


No Millinery Goods Handled. 


We are ready to quote when Collections 
are wanted. 


FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER CO. 















RIKER’S SPECIMEN MOUNT 

Patented April 1st, 1902) 


pOR generations collectors of insects have impaled their specimens on 
pins, necessitating cumbersome and expensive cases and at best not 
being able to prevent disasters from destroying insects and sudden jars. 

The Rikcr Specimen Mount, the outgrowth of necessity, born from dis- 
pair and the wrecks of a collector’s pride and years of wasted toil, gives a 
new impetus to collecting. 

Its Chief Points Are: 



1st. It preserves the speci¬ 
men from destroying insects 
and from sudden jars. 

2nd. It occupies one-quai'- 
ter the cubic space needed for 
a pin collection, and is only 
one-eighth as heavy as a 
wooden case. 

3rd. It permits the exam¬ 
ination and changing of the 
specimens at will. 

4th. Life Histories of 
nearly all species can be 
shown to perfection. 

5th. It can be used for in¬ 
dividual specimens, pairs or 
genera; or, it may be consti¬ 
tuted into a drawer with glass 
top and bottom. A series of 
these drawers fitted inter¬ 
changeably into a cabinet ac¬ 
commodates four times more 
specimens than an equal sized 
pin cabinet at same cost. 

The Specimen Mount is suitable for Butterflies, Beetles, Dragon 
Flies, Grasshoppers, Bees, Fungi, Shells, or thick plants or bulbs too 
large for the Botanical Mount. 


Life History of Philosamia cynthia in 
Riker’s Specimen Mount 


PRICE LIST OF SPECIMEN MOUNTS 


Ready for Collector’s Use, in White and Black Binding 


2 1-2x3 inches, . 




$0.12 

4x5 

$1.70 per dozen 

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.15 

5x6 “ 

2.00 “ 

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.19 

6 1-2x8 1-2“ 

2.50 “ 

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.23 

8x12 “ 

4.50 “ 

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.40 

12x16 “ 

9.00 “ 

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144 . 


For Sale by 

FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER CO., 

HYDE PARK, MASS. 





















RIKER’S BOTANICAL MOUNT 

(Patented) 


|N NONE of the departments of Natural Science is the total inade¬ 
quacy of the present method of mounting and preserving specimens so 
keenly felt as in that of botany. The common practice of crushing the 
preparations between the leaves of a specimen press and then mounting 
them on the unprotected surface of a page in a herbarium, is tedious and 
altogether unsatisfactory. If the plant be of any consiedrable size the 
structure of its stem is crushed and broken past any semblance of its 
appearance in nature. If the leaves or flowers have any characteristic 
peculiar to the plant (such as a bell or funnel shape), which cannot be 
expressed in the two dimensions of a plane surface, the mounted 
prepararation does not fairly represent the appearance of these struc¬ 
tures in nature. In these respects the common mount is unscientific. An 
enthusiast in the study of nature might continue to make allowances for 
these deficiencies, but he cannot get away from the fact that specimens 
mounted in this way are in no respect perfect. 

The adaptability of our method for botanical purposes was suggested 
by the use of various food plants for insects in our Specimen Mount, and the 
Botanical Mount was the outcome. The Botanical Mount does not have the 
deep box back of the insect case, but is somewhat similar; it excludes 
the air and prevents dampness from effecting the specimens which causes 
the faded appearance and musty smell of ordinary herbariums. 

The Riker Botanical Mount consists of two 
parts. A thin plate of photographic glass 
to which narrow flaps of linen morocco 
paper are neatly fastened (Fig. 2) and a 
card-board back to which is glued a thin 
layer of sterilized surgical cotton in which 
the specimens are imbedded (Fig. 1). 

The Riker Botanical Mount has been de¬ 
signed to meet the needs of both ama¬ 
teur and professional collectors. By this 
method preparations may be made which 
will show all the parts of a plant in the same mount; natural colors are 
preserved and damage to the specimen is impossible so long as the 
glass remains intact. 




PRICE LIST OF RIKER’S BOTANICAL MOUNT 



Bound in White or Black 


5x6 with 

case, $1.50 per dozen or 

$0.14 each. 


6 1-2x8 1-2 

“ 2.15 “ “ “ 

.20 “ 


8x12 

“ 3.75 “ “ “ 

.33 “ 

. 

12x16 

“ 6.25 “ “ “ 

.55 “ 



SPESIAL SIZES MADE TO ORDER 


145 . 


For Sale by 

FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER CO., 

HYDE PARK, MASS. 






















146 . Nest of Ruby Throated Humming 

Birds. 

Pine needle used in construction. 



147 . A series of Hawks’ Eggs arranged in trays. 

Photograph from a private collection. 

No Museum is complete without its collection of eggs in clutches. 

Ostrich, Rhea, Emu and Cassowary Eggs For Sale. 

Send for Price Eists 

FRANK B. WEBSTER CO. 































148 . A Study in Shields. 

Shield, No. 84 B, 22 x 30 in. ‘‘;Hat Rack ” 

Manufactured by The Lang Carving Co. For Sale by Frank B. Webster 






149 . No. 78, Deer, 14 x 21 1-2 in. 
Caribou, 21 1-2x31 1-2 in. 



150 . The way heavy Shields are backed. 


Shield No. 20, 14 x 21 in. 151 




152 . 


No. 78, Deer, 14 x 21 1-2 in. Gun Rack, 8 x 21 1-2 in. 



No. 86 K. No. 84. 

153 . No. 84, Shield, 20 x 28 in. 


No. 84 E. 
Sides 20 x 22 in. 


Manufactured by The Rang Carving Company. 

Sold by Frank Blake Webster Co. 






154 . No.Si, 19 x 24in., double 
thick only. 


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155 . No. 48, 14 x 19 in 156 , No. 21, 15 x 23 in. 

All Shields a high grade in wax finish. 

Manufactured by The Nang Carving Co. 

For Sale by Frank Blake Webster Co. 













157 . No. 25, Shield and 
Gun Rack. 



158 . No. 93, Moose Shield 24 x 38 in. 

All styles of Shields in dark or light finish. 
Manufactured by the Rang Carving Co. 

For Sale by Frank Blake Webster Co. 




159 . Our Labor Finished. 
Now for Recreation. 













































































































































































































































